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Georgia freshmen football players Natrez Patrick and Chauncey Rivers were arrested early Wednesday morning on a possession of marijuana charge.
They are suspended for Saturday's game against Kentucky. A first violation of Georgia’s drug policy triggers an automatic one game-suspension.
"They made a very poor decision and I'm extremely disappointed," coach Mark Richt said in a statement released quickly Wednesday morning. "They will be disciplined in an appropriate manner and hopefully have learned a valuable life lesson that will benefit them moving forward."
Patrick is an inside linebacker from Mays High in Atlanta. Rivers is defensive end from Stephenson High in Stone Mountain.
The players were arrested at the top of the East Campus Village Parking Deck early Wenesday morning.
University of Georgia police officers were on patrol at 12:39 a.m. and noticed a parked vehicle with running lights on it while backed into a spot. There was smoke inside the vehicle, which made it hard to see the two people in it, according the police incident report.
There was a pile of loose tobacco lying on the ground near the car. An officer knocked on the passenger side window and when Rivers opened it, a cloud of smoke came out along with a strong odor of burnt marijuana, the report said.
The players were asked to come out of the car and when asked what they were doing admitted to smoking marijuana. Rivers eyes looed “glassy and blood shot.”
A search of the car produced a “a jam jar” between the passenger seat and center console and a PowerAde bottle in the cup holder that appeared to have remains of marijuana roaches and loose leaf tobacco. A stem and some loose leaf marijuana were spotted on top of a book on the driver side back seat. A field test on a small piece of suspected marijuana tested positive by color change.
They were charged with possession of marijuana of less than one ounce, a misdemeanor.
Patrick was booked into the Clarke County Jail at 2:23 a.m. Wednesday and posted a $1,000 bond at 6:19 a.m., according to the Clarke County Jail online booking report. Rivers was booked at 2:44 a.m. and posted the same bail amount at 6:51 a.m.
Patrick, who enrolled at Georgia in January, has 13 tackles, mostly on special teams. He played in every game this season before not making the trip to Florida with an undisclosed injury. Rivers has played in two games with one tackle for loss.
These are the first known arrests of Georgia football players this year. Wide receiver Isaiah McKenzie was accused of threatening a female at an Athens restaurant in September but police said she declined to prosecute so the investigation ended.
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They are suspended for Saturday's game against Kentucky. A first violation of Georgia’s drug policy triggers an automatic one game-suspension.
"They made a very poor decision and I'm extremely disappointed," coach Mark Richt said in a statement released quickly Wednesday morning. "They will be disciplined in an appropriate manner and hopefully have learned a valuable life lesson that will benefit them moving forward."
Patrick is an inside linebacker from Mays High in Atlanta. Rivers is defensive end from Stephenson High in Stone Mountain.
The players were arrested at the top of the East Campus Village Parking Deck early Wenesday morning.
University of Georgia police officers were on patrol at 12:39 a.m. and noticed a parked vehicle with running lights on it while backed into a spot. There was smoke inside the vehicle, which made it hard to see the two people in it, according the police incident report.
There was a pile of loose tobacco lying on the ground near the car. An officer knocked on the passenger side window and when Rivers opened it, a cloud of smoke came out along with a strong odor of burnt marijuana, the report said.
The players were asked to come out of the car and when asked what they were doing admitted to smoking marijuana. Rivers eyes looed “glassy and blood shot.”
A search of the car produced a “a jam jar” between the passenger seat and center console and a PowerAde bottle in the cup holder that appeared to have remains of marijuana roaches and loose leaf tobacco. A stem and some loose leaf marijuana were spotted on top of a book on the driver side back seat. A field test on a small piece of suspected marijuana tested positive by color change.
They were charged with possession of marijuana of less than one ounce, a misdemeanor.
Patrick was booked into the Clarke County Jail at 2:23 a.m. Wednesday and posted a $1,000 bond at 6:19 a.m., according to the Clarke County Jail online booking report. Rivers was booked at 2:44 a.m. and posted the same bail amount at 6:51 a.m.
Patrick, who enrolled at Georgia in January, has 13 tackles, mostly on special teams. He played in every game this season before not making the trip to Florida with an undisclosed injury. Rivers has played in two games with one tackle for loss.
These are the first known arrests of Georgia football players this year. Wide receiver Isaiah McKenzie was accused of threatening a female at an Athens restaurant in September but police said she declined to prosecute so the investigation ended.
News Moderator: Jacob Redmond 420 MAGAZINE ®
Full Article: Two Freshmen Football Players Suspended After Arrests On Marijuana Charges
Author: Marc Weiszer
Contact: Contact Page
Photo Credit: Online Athens
Website: Athens Banner-Herald
